Palm Springs Police announced Thursday morning that both Indian Canyon Drive and Gene Autry Drive are now open. Both windy intersections were shut down for several days as strong winds whipped sand across the valley making for dangerous driving conditions, especially in the Palm Springs wash areas. The normally busy roadways connect the city of
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A SigAlert was issued for a full lane closure along Interstate 10 in Indio Monday morning due to broken concrete requiring repair. The road was reopened as of 8:30 a.m. The freeway’s eastbound number 3 lane was closed at 7:28 a.m. as the California Highway Patrol reported a piece of concrete sticking up from the roadbed
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Update: North Indian Canyon Drive between Sunrise Parkway and Palm Springs Station Road has been reopened due to improved visibility. The road was previously shut down to all traffic earlier Monday morning due to low visibility from blowing sand. The closure extended through the Whitewater Wash between the city and Interstate 10 from Sunrise Parkway to Palm
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Update 5/2/23- 12:40 p.m. Indian Canyon is now open to traffic. It was closed at the wash due to wind and sand. Update 5/2/23 – 6:55 a.m. Gene Autry Trail has reopened to traffic through the Whitewater Wash. Indian Canyon Drive remains closed. Update 5/2/23 – 5:45 a.m. Both Gene Autry Trail and Indian Canyon
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Update – 4/19/23 N Indian Canyon Drive and Gene Autry Trail are both back open, the city announced. Original Report – 4/18/23 North Indian Canyon Drive and Gene Autry Trail were both closed to all traffic early Tuesday morning due to wind, sand, and low visibility. An official notification from Palm Springs Police was issued
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Update 4/19/23 1:55 p.m. Indian Canyon Drive has been reopened. Original Report – 4/19/23 7:15 a.m. Gene Autry Trail and Vista Chino Road have both reopened to traffic through the Whitewater wash Wednesday morning as of 7:02 a.m. North Indian Canyon Drive remained closed to all traffic due to wind, sand, and low visibility. The
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Update 4/14/2023- 9:00 a.m. PSPD reports that Gene Autry Trail is now open. Indian Canyon still closed. Update 4/13/23 – 6:10 p.m. The city has closed N Gene Autry Drive due to low visibility from wind and sand. Indian Canyon has been shut down. Original Report 4/13/23 – 6:22 a.m. North Indian Canyon Drive was
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The 2023 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is here! For the next two weekends, some of the big musicians in the world hit the stages of the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio. More than 200,000 visitors are expected to be in the Coachella Valley for the festival. The California Highway Patrol put out a
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UPDATE 10:30 a.m. North Indian Canyon Drive was reopened Tuesday morning at 10:06 a.m., according to Palm Springs Police. All Whitewater wash roads are now open again. UPDATE 7:25 a.m. Vista Chino Road has reopened along with Gene Autry Trail through the Whitewater wash. Indian Canyon Drive remains closed. UPDATE 6:39 a.m. Gene Autry Trail
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Authorities reopened Indian Canyon Drive, Vista Chino Road and Gene Autry Trail through the Whitewater Wash Thursday morning. All were closed Wednesday due to low visibility from blowing sand. Indian canyon drive is OPEN from Sunrise Parkway to Train Station Road. City officials said the train station is accessible from I-10 and Garnet AvenueGene Autry
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One person was taken to the hospital after an early morning crash in Cabazon Thursday. According to California Highway Patrol three big rigs collided on the Eastbound lanes of I-10 near Whitewater around 8:05 Thursday morning. According to the Riverside County Fire Department, fire crews responded shortly after to extricate the injured person. A spokesperson
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Drivers were being delayed in La Quinta and Indio Friday for continuing road work on Jefferson Drive. Traffic was backed up on northbound Jefferson Drive from Highway 111 to Miles Avenue. Traffic was also backed on westbound Miles Avenue east of Jefferson Drive. Frustrated drivers are speaking out over the road work. Jocelyn Michaca Garnica works
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Update 12:45 p.m. 3/17/23 Gene Autry Trail is back open N Indian Canyon remains closed Original Report 9:10 a.m. 3/17/23 The Palm Springs Police Department announced East Vista Chino had reopened through its Whitewater Wash crossing Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. The closure had extended from Clubhouse Drive and the Cathedral City limit. The roadway
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The City of Palm Springs reopened Indian Canyon Drive through the Whitewater wash Monday morning after briefly closing the roadway due to high winds, blowing sand, and low visibility. Alternate routes were: Highway 111Gene Autry TrailVista Chino via Date Palm Drive Weather will continue to impact the Coachella Valley. You can watch our latest forecast
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Interstate 10 traffic was being slowed Monday morning following a 3 vehicle wreck in the eastbound lanes near Haugen Lehmann Way in Whitewater, according to the California Highway Patrol. The eastbound freeway’s two middle lanes were shut down due to the collision reported at 6:29 a.m. At least four miles of backup was reported in
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A big rig hauling human waste rolled over on Interstate 10 in Palm Desert Thursday morning spilling its load on the roadside and backing up eastbound drivers on the freeway. The crash also involved another vehicle at 4:40 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol but caused no injuries. Traffic was backed up in the
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North Indian Canyon is closed to traffic at the wash area between Sunrise Parkway and Palm Springs Station Road. Araby Drive is also closed at the wash in Palm Springs. This closure comes during a wet, cold stretch of weather that’s bringing snow to local mountains and creating travel hazards throughout the area. First Alert
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First responders were on the scene of a two-vehicle collision on Interstate 10 in Palm Desert Tuesday morning that was slowing westbound traffic between Cook Street and Washington Street. The collision was reported at 8:04 a.m. and involved a gold Toyota sedan and a Red SUV, according to the California Highway Patrol. The collision shut
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Police were investigating a pedestrian death following a freeway collision late Tuesday night in Indio. The California Highway Patrol said a person was struck and killed in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 at the State Highway 86 interchange at 10:57 p.m. The CHP has not yet released the name of the person killed but says
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A $5.5 million project to fix and beautify the roads in front of the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival in Indio has been completed, officials announced today. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for Thursday at 10 a.m. at the gate one entrance, 82-503 Highway 111, to celebrate the improvements and preview the upcoming
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